Re: Structure containing string across DLL boundary
I have an executable which has a small function that writes to cout the
contents of a structure pointer that is passed in from a callback function
residing in a DLL. Basically, the exe launches the DLL to do processing and
the DLL calls back to the exe to notify it of its progress. It passes in a
pointer to a structure which contains a std:string. Interestingly, the debug
version works well. The Release version outputs garbage to the console and
then the expected exception occurs. Both the exe and DLL are developed with
VS2005 C++. I have seen articles from various sources that state that this
used to be a problem but has been fixed. The simple solution we have is to
replace the std:string with a char buffer and all is well. I would like to
know why I can?t do what I would like to do with the string class.
Dan,
The usual problem in this sort of situation is that you don't have a
common shared heap between the EXE & DLL. In order to allocate/free
heap allocated object across DLL/EXE boundaries you must have a common
heap. The only way to ensure this without having both parties use some
particular memory manager is to have them both use the DLL 'C' runtime
library - and not to mix debug/release components.
Dave
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